Editing Second Coming (section)

==Terminology==
{{See also|Theophany|Christophany}}
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Several different terms are used to refer to the Second Coming of Christ:

In the [[New Testament]], the Greek word ἐπιφάνεια (''epiphaneia'', appearing) is used six times to refer to the return of Christ.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greek Lexicon: G2015 (KJV) |url=http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2015&t=KJV |work=[[Blue Letter Bible]]}}</ref>

The [[Novum Testamentum Graece|Greek New Testament]] uses the Greek term ''parousia'' (παρουσία, meaning "arrival", "coming", or "presence") 24 times, seventeen of them concerning Christ. However, parousia has the distinct reference to a period of time rather than an instant in time. At {{bibleverse|Matthew|24:37|KJV}}, the word ''parousia'' is used to clearly describe the period of time in which [[Noah]] lived. The Greek word ''eleusis'', which means "coming", is not interchangeable with ''parousia''. So this parousia or "presence" would be unique and distinct from anything that had occurred before.<ref name=G3952>{{cite web |url=http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/strongs.pl?strongs=3952 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825135034/http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/strongs.pl?strongs=3952 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-08-25 |title=Strong's G3952 |publisher=Blueletterbible.org |access-date=2009-11-21 }}</ref> The word is also used six times referring to individuals ([[Stephanas]], [[Fortunatus the Apostle|Fortunatus]] and [[Achaicus of Corinth|Achaicus]],<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Cor.|16:17|esv|1 Cor. 16:17}}</ref> [[Titus]],<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Cor.|7:6–72}}</ref> and [[Paul the Apostle]]<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Cor.|10:10}}, {{bibleverse|Phil|1:26}}, {{bibleverse|Phil|2:12||2:12}}</ref>) and once referring to the "coming of the [[Man of Lawlessness|lawless one]]".<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Thes.|2:9}}</ref>

[[Gustav Adolf Deissmann]] (1908)<ref>
{{cite book
|title= Light from the Ancient East:The New Testament Illustrated by Recently Discovered Texts of the Graeco-Roman World
|year= 1908
|author= Gustav Adolf Deissmann
}}</ref> showed that the Greek word ''parousia'' occurred as early as the 3rd century BC to describe the visit of a king or dignitary to a city – a visit arranged in order to show the visitor's magnificence to the people.

In Islam, the term [[Rajʽa]] ({{Langx|ar|الرجعة|lit=Return|translit=al-rajʿah}}) refers to the Second Coming.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Momen|first=Moojan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0OL5Z8S-V0C|title=An Introduction to Shiʻi Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shiʻism|date=1987-09-10|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-03531-5|language=en}}</ref> The term is most commonly used by [[Shia Islam|Shia Muslims]].<ref name=":0" />